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nonsense mutation

Syllabification: (non·sense mu·ta·tion)
Definition of nonsense mutation

noun

Genetics
  • a mutation in which a sense codon that corresponds to one of the twenty amino acids specified by the genetic code is changed to a chain-terminating codon.

nonsense mutation in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of nonsense mutation in the British & World English dictionary